-
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/886/23658/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420528-0001.2.jpg
ce0583c81819016852b9a54ff66d603b
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/886/23658/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420528-0002.2.jpg
3c4822e8c7c5a1951cf354519465076f
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
IBCC Digital Archive
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2015-06-16
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Hudson, JD
Transcribed document
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading.
Transcription
Text transcribed from audio recording or document
[inserted] Eight letters Wed. making 15 altogether in one week one the previous Friday. Five photos. [/inserted]
[inserted] 147 [/inserted]
[underlined] 47 [/underlined]
[inserted] 30-6-42 [/inserted]
191 Halifax Road
Nelson Lancs.
England.
Thursday May 28th/42
My dear Douglas.
A week ago today was your birthday & on the Tuesday I sent a cable from Nelson telling of the arrival of seven letters which, as you will well understand brought us a great deal of pleasure. Later in the day your reply cable arrived, to the message sent on April 29th. The delay must has [sic] been at Laghouat, as it was dated May 18th of course, as I’ve just written, arrived here on the 19th. Message as follows “Delighted cable 29 message rather indistinct Await parcel via Red Cross. Ask relations cooperation try send foot wear [underlined] seaze [sic] [/underlined] seven, your latest letter received dated May 29. all love Hudson.” Then on Saturday the 23rd this message came “Delighted cable 13, regret my Telegram [underlined] April [/underlined] first not received, your latest letter number thirtyfour arrived yesterday, writing always, well, all love, Hudson.” So now I await the reply to my birthday message. To revert to the first cable. I’m puzzled about “ask relations cooperations.” What does it really mean? As you are fully aware our relations are not really a cooperative lot. Perhaps you will be more explicit in your next letter. I seem to remember that you have some good shoes packed
[page break]
away with the clothes you returned before going away. Should I send those in my next parcel or do you wish for new ones? I think I have told you before that most clothing is rationed now & we start a new year on June 1st when each person has 60 coupons allowed & they have to last 14 months. (This past year we had 66 for 12 months). I had to give 6 coupons for your 2 pairs of socks, then send the receipt to the Red X, & they have returned 6 special Board of Trade coupons. Shoes need 7 coupons for a pair. Just cable any further requirements. It will be about 2 months yet before I can send another parcel (one every three months allowed) so you will have time to cable. Well love here we are nearly at the end of May with weather colder & rougher than many winter days. We had five weeks of drought which ended on the Sunday evening as we were returning from Horsforth. The rain came down in a deluge & we have had rain & a bitter wind every day (but not all day long) since. Yesterday morning we had a very [inserted] heavy [/inserted] hail-storm which cleared the skies, & the rest of the day was very pleasant. The rain started again at 7 p.m. & kept on with the good works all night. In consequence the surrounding greenery looks very fresh & bright. We get a lot of flies as soon as the doors & windows are opened & I spend some time chasing around to slaughter them & I always wonder if you are similarly engaged. Dad is on duty tonight after 2 weeks “leave”. We are always glad when it is over. Goodbye now & always all our love & thoughts & prayers are with you Mother & Dad
Hudson 755052
Camp Militaire
Laghouat Algerie.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Description
An account of the resource
Reports arrival of responses from him to two of their cables and asks about content of one which puzzled her a bit. There follows considerable discussion on sending him shoes he ask for including mention of clothing coupons. Concludes with mention of recent weather.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
P Hudson
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1942-05-28
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Two page handwritten letter
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420528
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Algeria
Algeria--Laghouat (Province)
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Nelson
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942-05-28
1942-06-30
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
Red Cross